International Forum: Financing rail projects in Africa

8am-9am - Registration and Welcome Coffee

9am-9.45am - Official Opening - Under the Chairmanship of the Head of State

• Introductory remarks by Mr. Mansour FAYE, Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Opening up of Senegal
• Speech by Mohamed Rabie KHLIE, UIC Vice-President and Chairman of UIC-Africa
• Speech by Taoufik BOUFAIED, Chairman, African Union of Railways
• Speech by His Excellency Macky SALL, President of the Republic of Senegal

9.45am-10.15am - Media Briefing, group picture and Coffee Break

10.15am-11.15am - Session 1: Rail renaissance in Senegal and Africa

• Introduction et moderation by Mr. François DAVENNE, General Director of UIC

• From privatization to renaissance

With the participation of experts from Africa

• Major investment projects
  • Mr. Malick NDOYE, General Director, CFS: first lessons learnt from financing of projects in Senegal
  • Mr. Mohamed Rabie KHLIE, General Director, ONCF: Projects in Morocco : Al Boraq
• A success story: the Dakar TER
  • Mr. Diego DIAZ, President, SNCF International
  • Mr. Abdou Ndéné SALL, General Director, SEN-TER
• Examples from West Africa
  • Mr. Christian MAGNI, General Director, SETRAG
  • Mr. Ibrahima N’Dairy DIALLO, General Director, SNCFG

11.15am-12.45pm - Session 2: Development of Railway Corridors and Regional Integration

• Introduction & moderation by Mr. Mayacine CAMARA, Chairman of Board of Directors, CFS :
• Presentation of Agenda 2063 and Roadmap by the AUC
  • Dr Raissa-Julie ADA-ALLOGO, Senior Policy Officer Transport, African Union Commission
• Presentation on rail corridors in West Africa:
  • Mr. Sidiki Aboubacar TOURÉ, Infrastructure Director, WAEMU
  • Mr. Sediko DOUKA, Commissioner Infrastructure, Energy and Digitization Department, ECOWAS
• Summary of the UIC study on the rail component of Agenda 2063
  • Mr Mohamed Rabie KHLIE, Chairman of UIC-Africa / / M. François DAVENNE, Director General, UIC
• Presentation on rail corridors in Africa :
  • Mr. Nimon ZULU, CEO, CALABASH FREIGHT LIMITED, Zambia
  • Mr. Simplice ESSOH, Directeur Central Développement, SITARAIL
  • Mr. Ignace N’GANGA, DG, CFCO
  • Mr. Félix MAZOWA, Director, SNCC

12.45pm-2.15pm - Lunch

2.15pm-3.15pm - Session 3: Technical part: Technical governance of large railway areas

Introduction and moderation by M. Mamadou DIA, Director of Railway Transport, DTF Senegal :

With the participation of:

• Mr. Josef DOPPELBAUER, Executive Director, European Railway Agency
• Mr. Rahul MITHAL, Chairman and Managing Director, RITES Ltd
• Mr. François DAVENNE, Director General, UIC
• Mr. Taoufik BOUFAIED, Chairman, African Union of Railways
• Mr. Mahiret SOME, General Director, SOPAFER-B

3.15pm-4.15pm - Session 4: How to mobilize finance for rail infrastructure ?

Introduction and moderation by Mr. Christian CHAVANEL, Rail System Director, Coordinator of Africa Region, UIC

Round table with

• Mr. Pierre POZZO DI BORGO, Chief Industry Specialist, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Mr. Ibou DIOUF, Transport Practice Manager for West Africa, World Bank Group
• Mr. Mohamed CHERIF, Country Manager-Senegal, African Development Bank (AfDB)
• Mr. Mohamed DIOP, Regional Director Atlantic Africa, AGL
• Mr. José CORDOVILLA, Director of Infrastructure Advisory Services, TYPSA
• Prof. Khumbulani MPOFU, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

4.30pm-5.30pm Panels B to B

• African railway companies
• International private sector
• Development banks
• International institutions

8.30am-9am- Welcome Coffee

9am-10am - Session 5: Financing rolling stock and combating climate change: an alternative or a necessity

Introduction and moderation by Ms. Lucie ANDERTON, Head of Sustainability, UIC

• Mr. Adam BRUUN, Head of Regional Office, European Investment Bank, for Senegal, Cabo Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
• Mr. Howard ROSEN, Chairman, Rail Working Group
• Mr. William DACHS, General Director, GAUTRAIN
• Mr. Ronan NICOT, Deputy Director General, SETER

10am-10.15am - Coffee Break

10.15am-12pm - Session 6: The Investors’ Forum
Keynote speakers:

• Mr. Olivier BUYOYA, Regional Director for West Africa, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Mr. Ibou DIOUF, Transport Practice Managers for West Africa, World Bank Group, World Bank Group

Round table with: Investors, banks, industries and authorities:

Introduction and moderation by Ms. Lucie ANDERTON, Head of Sustainability, UIC

• African Ministers of transport
• Mr. Karim MHIRSI, Business Development Director for Africa, ALSTOM
• Mr. Franck MONPATE, General Director, EIFFAGE Senegal
• Mr. Sunil RAMAKRISHNAN, Global Council for Investment and Business for Africa, Vice Chair of the Advisory Board
• Mr. George KAULBECK, Partner and Global Director, Transport, CPCS Consulting
• Mr. Alla Sene GUEYE, Président Commission Economique et Financière, CNES

12pm-12.20pm - Closing Session

• Reading of the Dakar Declaration by Mr. Pape Amadou NDIAYE, Minister in charge of the development of railways
• Closing speech of Mr. Amadou BA, Prime Minister of the Republic of Senegal

12.20pm-2.30pm - Lunch